Mapinfo Tutorials @ City Lab

 

The links below will allow you to view/listen to screencasts about essential Mapinfo skills.

                                                                                  

  1. Lesson 1
  2. Lesson 2
  3. Lesson 3
  4. Lesson 4
  5. Lesson 5
  6. Lesson 6
  7. Lesson 7

 

The raw footage above will be gradually edited into specific topic/lessons, but you should be able to find just about every topic listed below in the lessons above.

PLANNED TOPIC LIST:

 

  1. Introduction – Getting Started – Installation + Tutorial
  2. Opening/Viewing Mapinfo Layers – Layer Control
  3. Getting Layers: MassGIS + Sponsors + Past Projects
  4. Opening Other Layers – ESRI Shape
  5. Modifying Layers – Changing Display attributes – Drawing – Node Editing
  6. Saving Layers + Workspaces – naming guidelines, folders
  7. Saving Map Images – Save Window As – the Layout Window
  8. I-tool – Browser – Select and Find Selection
  9. SQL Queries
  10. Simple Thematic Mapping
  11. Layer Attributes and Table Structure – Maintenance
  12. Creating NEW layers – copy existing or make brand new
  13. Modifying Attribute Content – Table Update Column
  14. Spatial Queries – GIS becomes useful
  15. Hidden Aids: Tool Manager – Legend Manager
  16. Opening Datasets (Access)
  17. Advanced Queries and their usefulness – operation on the “selection”
  18. Advanced Thematic Mapping – multivariate maps

 

 

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